FromMiddle Englishablode, variant ofon blode, equivalent toa- +blood.
ablood (comparativemoreablood,superlativemostablood)
- (archaic) Withblood; covered in blood;bloodied
1835, Thomas Wade,The Un-charmed:My pierced life was allablood with sorrow!
1905, Alexander Alexander,The Pirates' Hoard, page18:"Ay, Master Pengorn: How, when we were all in despair at thy non-coming, and Master Pierce and John Cann going down before this French tor of flesh, will I forget the mighty shout that went up from Cornish throats when thou cast thyself allablood from the foaming mare![…]"
